Truth

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS

Truth

 

I am a man of a mighty nation

I am a man of the world

I do not pretend to have the answers

I have no faith in those who do

 

The truth does not belong to me

It does not belong at all

It exists apart from the world of man

It is neither old nor new

 

The truth cannot be lost or found

Though it can easily be obscured

You might chasten it for a century

But what’s true is always true

 

There are those who claim to worship it

But truth will not be worshipped

Truth is as truth has always been

Without regard for me or you

 

London Strike

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS

Strike (London)

 

Years of austerity economics

The trickle down that never did

Brexit from the continent

An economy on the skids

 

The ruling class complains

A strike only makes it worse

But it had to happen sometime

It’s the working class curse

 

When times are hard in Britain

They’re harder on the poor

The safety net is all but gone

There are beggars at your door

 

If you want to save the system

Listen to their needs

A living wage for everyone

An end to corporate greed

 

Grooming Killers

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS

 

Grooming Killers

 

Guns don’t kill, killers do

But killers with guns kill better

A single-shot gun or rifle

Kills better than a knife

But there’s nothing like an M-16

To take a lot of lives

 

If we’re worried about the children

Growing up in an age of death

We should take a few precautions

Before the child’s first breath

Control the entertainment games

That give a thousand thrills

Rewarding simulated violence

Engaging with the kill

 

Let’s teach kids how to live in peace

To know and love and understand

The many people in this world

Who need a helping hand

 

Teach kids not to hate

Teach them how to get along

Teach them how our many voices

Will contribute to a song

 

Now take away the weapons

Designed for use in war

Without those deadly instruments

We’d save so many more

 

Taiwan and Ukraine

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS

 

Taiwan and Ukraine

 

China is to Taiwan

As Russia is to Ukraine

A world of aggressive war

Is a world gone insane

 

We have lived with war too long

We have sanctioned its abuse

When invaders are rewarded

We have lit a deadly fuse

 

Ukraine is a sovereign nation

All the world must agree

Taiwan is an independent state

With the right to be free

 

China is to Russia

As Taiwan is to Ukraine

The right to independence

The responsibility to refrain

 

Dreamers

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AMERICAN DREAM

Dreamers

 

In all my days I’ve wanted nothing more

Than to dream and act on my dreams

Our lives have so much hardship in store

Our ambitions are just what they seem

 

We want a chance at higher education

We want jobs at a decent wage

We want to live in a fair and thriving nation

We want to see an enlightened age

 

We are the ones who believe in the dream

The ones who will carry the light

We wish to join the American team

We will keep our goals in sight

 

We are really no different than you are

We desire the same things you do

A home, a family a working car

To prove that the dream is still true